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What Afganistan Was and What it Wasn't: It was not a Biden "botch" or "disaster"
https://signalpress.blogspot.com/2021/09/what-afghanistan-was-and-what-it-wasnt.htmlYes, this is a little long, but don't comment on Afghanistan unless you know a little background and history. Biden's knowledge and experience kept this from being the disaster that it could have been. He had the disadvantage of coming along long after it was clear the corrupt Afghan government created by the US invasion would never have the support of the people to stand on its own, after the negotiations to exit had been politicized, deliberately placed in 2021 so Trump could avoid the political consequences of it, and after Trump undermined the Afghan government by trying to secretly negotiate with the Taliban and refused to cooperate in the presidential transition.
It was a remarkable achievement and Democrats and Independents need to keep fighting the narrative that this was a botched disaster.